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argumentation
[ ahr-gyuh-men-tey-shuhn ]
noun
- the process of developing or presenting an argument; reasoning.
- discussion; debate; disputation:
The lengthy argumentation tired many listeners.
- a discussion dealing with a controversial point.
- the setting forth of reasons together with the conclusion drawn from them.
- the premises and conclusion so set forth.
Other Words From
- argu·men·tatious adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of argumentation1
Example Sentences
His characteristic brew of Yiddish jokes, brainy comics and incisive argumentation is a pleasure to read, even when the subjects are technical and mathematical.
It has eroded the very conditions under which evidence and argumentation can do their work.
To some judges, confrontation is mutually exclusive with the reasoned argumentation the event is supposed to reward.
Although an undeniably compelling trinity of argumentation, it is not without its logical problems.
“Debate is competitive argumentation so debaters tend to be competitive and argumentative,” Lubetsky said.
Imprecation is seldom absent from these incursions, being, in fact, urgently needed to do duty for closer argumentation.
If, again, it means argumentation from one thing to its opposite, it will come under motion to right and left.
He recovered his usual cheerfulness, but could not resist the temptation of adding a few words to his long argumentation.
We grudge that the boundless exuberance of painting should go to decorate the argumentation of an unfruitful system of doctrine.
At the same time the power of argumentation was so much the more remarkable, as it was the more concealed.
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